Chris D'Arpa

Christine D'Arpa is a current student in the Certificate of Advanced Study program at GSLIS. She earned a Master's in Library and Information Science from GSLIS in 2006, and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Development from Northeastern Illinois University in 2005. Chris' career experience includes work in several libraries & archives, as well as grant-making and development work for the non-profit sector. Since coming to GSLIS, Chris has cultivated her interests in archives and oral history, and is an active member of the Society of American Archivists and the Midwest Archives Conference. Chris' research explores the historical and theoretical foundations of archival work, in order to determine best practices for training future archivists.

Adam Kehoe

Adam Kehoe received his Master of Science in Library and Information Science in May 2009 from GSLIS, and a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2007 from the State University of New York at Geneseo. Adam has consulted as a technologist for a number of non-profit organizations, including the Network of Climate Journalists of the Greater Horn of Africa. Adam's previous graduate work primarily focused on technical and social aspects of public computing in urban areas. His current research interests include the economics of information, health informatics, and the analysis of large datasets in community informatics.

Caroline Nappo

Caroline Nappo received her Master of Science in Library and Information Science in May 2008 from GSLIS, and a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies in 2003 from Antioch College. She has worked in a number of libraries and research centers, including the Alternative Press Center, the Prometheus Radio Project, and the Human Rights Documentation Exchange. As a master's student Caroline established a local chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild. Her research interests include library history, information policy, and the political economy of information. She is also interested in exploring historical and contemporary examples of scholarly collaboration in the fields of library & information science with communication & media studies.

Safiya Noble

Safiya Noble received her Master of Science in Library and Information Science in August 2009 from GSLIS. She holds a B.A. from California State University, Fresno in Sociology with a minor in Ethnic Studies and did two years of graduate work at San Jose State University in Sociology with an emphasis on Critical Race Theory and Gender Studies. Safiya spent her professional career in multicultural marketing and community engagement and has worked almost 20 years on public-private partnerships between grassroots organizations, universities, companies, and African-American and Latino communities. She is especially interested in the preservation of knowledge and wisdom in communities and examining technology use and innovation from the perspective of the marginalized.

Sarah Roberts

Sarah Roberts received her Master of Arts, Library and Information Studies in May 2009 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 in French language and literature, Spanish language and literature, and with a certificate of women's studies. She has 14 years of experience in academic information technology with specialized knowledge of multimedia computing, academic technology issues, programmatic development, open-source and social networking. In summer 2009, Sarah was a Google Policy Fellow at the American Library Association Office of Information Technology Policy in Washington, D.C. She is interested in a variety of issues related to the Information Society and its sociocultural, economic and ethical implications.

Miriam Sweeney

Miriam Sweeney comes to Illinois from the University of Iowa, where she earned her Master of Arts in Library and Information Science, with a Certificate from the Center for the Book. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Indiana University. She has more than a decade of experience working in a variety of library and museum settings. Most recently, she worked as an Instructional Technology Assistant at the University of Iowa, where she assisted instructors with integrating information technology into their teaching. In her free time, Miriam writes reviews for Library Student Journal. Her research interests explore the convergence between public libraries, library culture, and emerging digital technologies.

ShinJoung Yeo

ShinJoung Yeo is returning to GSLIS after having earned her Master of Science in Library and Information Science in 2002. She also holds degrees in Journalism & Communication, Women's Studies, and Chemistry from the University of Oregon and Keimyung University. She currently works in the Stanford University Libraries as the Coordinator for Reference & Outreach Services, and as the Bibliographer for Communication & Feminist Studies. ShinJoung is also involved in a number of extracurricular projects, including the Stanford Open Resource Lab, Question Copyright, and Radical Reference. Her research interests span issues related to the political economy of information, including: the commodification of information, globalization and the information economy, socio-economic inequality in the information society, and labor in the global information economy.

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010

Wilhelm Peekhaus

Wilhelm Peekhaus is the 2008-2010 Information in Society Postdoctoral Fellow. Wil comes to GSLIS from the University of Western Ontario (Canada), where he recently earned his Doctorate in Library and Information Science after successfully defending his dissertation, Canada's Biotechnology Strategy: Struggles on the Knowledge Commons. He earned a Master's in Library and Information Science in 2003 from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History in 1992 from McGill University. He has been the recipient of numerous awards as both an undergraduate and graduate student. Wil's research interests include critical information studies, digital rights management & information policy, academic information policy, and social justice. His past publications, which appear in various law and LIS journals, are based on research conducted on the topic of informational privacy. In addition to extensive teaching experience, Wil has also worked for the Canadian federal government as an information officer and a policy analyst. As the Information in Society Postdoctoral Fellow, he plans to further expand his research interests in biotechnology and information policy.

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2011

Jessica Ratcliff

Jessica Ratcliff works on the history of science and technology. Her research focuses on science, technology and the state in Britain and the former British Empire. She recently published a book about government astronomy in nineteenth-century Britain (The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain, Pickering and Chatto, 2008). She has also written on inventors, calculating machines, and state patronage in early modern England (e.g., "Samuel Morland and His Calculating Machines c.1666: the early career of a courtier inventor in Restoration London", BJHS, June 2007). Her undergraduate degrees are in cognitive and computer science, and she worked as a computer programmer before her graduate studies. In 2001 she received a M.Sc. in the history of scientific instruments from the University of Oxford. In 2006 she received a D.Phil. in history from the University of Oxford. Since then she has been a lecturer and visiting scholar at the Stevens Institute of Technology, the Australian National University, Cornell University, and, most recently, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. She has taught introductory history of science courses as well as seminars on the history of computing and on science and empire in India. Other interests include the history of scientific instruments, history of science museums, and humanities computing.

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